Places to explore near Matlock StationMatlock

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

1.4 km W

Bentley Brook stepping down through the ruined water mills of the Lumsdale valley above Matlock — industrial archaeology dissolving into a fern gorge.

1.7 km E

Inland Victorian spa resort in the Derwent gorge, all amusement arcades, cable cars and autumn illuminations below wooded cliffs.

1.8 km S · Derbyshire

Arkwright's showpiece red-brick mill of 1783 on the Derwent at Matlock Bath, now a working textile museum.

2.9 km S

The cradle of the factory system, where Richard Arkwright built the world's first water-powered cotton mill in 1771.

2.9 km S · Derbyshire

Richard Arkwright's 1771 mill, the world's first successful water-powered cotton spinning works and heart of the Derwent Valley WHS.

3.3 km S

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

5.5 km SW · spans 6 counties

Bronze Age stone circle on Stanton Moor.

5.7 km NW

A rambling Peak-edge village free house brewing its own Ashover ales, with a big cask and cider range and folk nights.

5.9 km NE

A tumble of gritstone outcrops behind Birchover, carved in the 18th century with rooms, steps and seats by an eccentric parson.

6.3 km W

A small, timeless Peak District village pub, national Unspoilt Pub of the Year 2019.

6.9 km NW

National Tramway Museum near Crich, where vintage trams run through a recreated period street on a hillside above the Derwent.

7.2 km SE

Twin gritstone pinnacles near Birchover, also called Mock Beggar's Hall, ringed by prehistoric stones and old packhorse ways.

7.4 km W

Finest surviving fortified medieval manor in England.

9 km NW

Ladybower to the Trent down the Derbyshire Derwent, through the mill valley where the factory system began.

0.1 km NE · Derbyshire

Through the White Peak's dales and plateau pastures from Castleton to Rocester on the Staffordshire border.

0.1 km SE · Derbyshire & Staffordshire

A country park in Derbyshire.

0.2 km E

A country park in Derbyshire.

1.5 km S

Steep former lead-mining village above the Derwent, its stepped market cross the focus of an eccentric hen-racing tradition.

2.6 km SW · Derbyshire

Tranquil four-acre garden in a former quarry and mill site at Bonsall, with pools, cliffs and a Buddhist calm.

2.8 km SW

Quirky little village pub in Bonsall, home to the World Championship Hen Racing and a running joke about local UFOs.

3 km SW